AND THE BAND PLAYED ON

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: october 2017 :: RMTnews 22 The annual itinerary of RMT’s RMT Fishburn brass band begins in May with the Jim O'connell festival at Krossakiels in Ireland. Then in July we have to very large events, the Durham miners Gala, which gets bigger every year, and Tolpuddle Marytrs festival in Dorset. The RMT band was the biggest on parade at this year’s Durham Gala from around 100 other bands. The band has also won awards at the Easingwold competition and took part in the Wainstones competition also known as the Dr Martins competition. We were competing against bands ranked as high as eighth and 20th in the brass band world rankings. We managed to come away with a well-earned fourth place, beating three bands ranked higher than ourselves. This will mean we will gain a good few ranking points and move us further up the table. Our final engagement was at the ever-popular Burston strike school festival in Norfolk which celebrates the longest strike in history and celebrates the lives of two socialist educators sacked in 1915 Tom and Annie Higson. AND THE BAND PLAYED ON RMT’s brass band manager Paul Brickle recounts another successful year Burston Tolpuddle